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[FLSTFI Dave]

...don't have to take off the heel shifter.   

And I forgot you have to buy the heel shifter!

I would have to buy the heal shifter.  Thats the only way I up shift except on my Pan America, and I find my self trying to do it on my PAS.

[acevtwin]

Some of us can remember when CVO equated to "throwing the catalog at it" from the P&A catalog.  Now even paint costs extra.

My 2000 Screamin' Eagle Road Glide came with a Rider backrest, a passenger backrest AND a detachable chopped tourpak.
Things sure have changed.

[Twolanerider]

My 2000 Screamin' Eagle Road Glide came with a Rider backrest, a passenger backrest AND a detachable chopped tourpak.
Things sure have changed.

2001 kept everything the 2000 had and added the (often failing) multi-disk CD player in the tour pak.  Lowers on all of them.  Lots of other smaller goodies.  Still riding my red 2000. 

[CVCVORG]

I thought they might have used the lithium battery for eight savings, but no deal, same old battery.

Holes are still there in the frame for passenger pegs.

If it came with a few more options, like heated grips and speakers in the bags, I could convince myself to take the plunge.  But I’ll likely spend $15 less on a 2024 Road Glide and add 128” Fuel Moto kit and a sound system from Volunteer Audio or Sinister Sound

[GregKhougaz]

And the winner is...

2024 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide ST vs Indian Challenger Elite - The Ultimate Bagger Comparison

[Ironhorse]

My 2000 Screamin' Eagle Road Glide came with a Rider backrest, a passenger backrest AND a detachable chopped tourpak.
Things sure have changed.

And now you pay more to get less. Thank you Harley-Davidson.

[Twolanerider]

And now you pay more to get less. Thank you Harley-Davidson.

The 2000 CVO Road Glide's MSRP was $23k if I recall correctly.  Five years later the 2005 CVO Electra Glide was $30k.  Both were great bikes and topped out relative to their time. 

The Fed's CPI calculator says $23,000 from January of 2000 is $41,795 in money from December 2023.  It also says $30,000 from January of 2005 is $48, 255 for this same past December. 

FWIW, the government's CPI calculator doesn't have a dropdown to add surcharges for paint...

[kojak]

I think low 40’s is fine for a cvo, my problem began when they started exceeding $50-$55k plus all the other add-ons. I bought my 22 cvo rgl which has every option under the sky used with only 900 miles on the odometer for $15k less than if I had bought it brand new.

[DRT2STREET]

Picked this up last week
I have put 150 miles on it so far
Im still in the break in period and trying to stay under 3500 rpms
wow even at that...bammm
I will say, other than the ridiculously quiet exhaust, the bike is flawless.
Technology works great and the acceleration is insane.
Suspension is super easy to tune and the rider position is aggressive.
Sure no 2 up seat, but possible if you really want a passenger.
I did break down and throw a set of Kromewerks 202645's on it.
What a difference

[kojak]

Congrats on your new cvo!

Picked this up last week
I have put 150 miles on it so far
Im still in the break in period and trying to stay under 3500 rpms
wow even at that...bammm
I will say, other than the ridiculously quiet exhaust, the bike is flawless.
Technology works great and the acceleration is insane.
Suspension is super easy to tune and the rider position is aggressive.
Sure no 2 up seat but possible if you really want a passenger.
I did break down and throw a set of Kromewerks 202645's on it.
What a difference

[DRT2STREET]

Congrats on your new cvo!

Thank Kojak
 
Cannot say enough good about it

[kojak]

I sat on that exact model couple of weeks ago. For a factory performance bagger, it was very well done. Amazing isnt it how quickly you ditched the titanium tip mufflers they sell standalone for $1250, lol!

[DRT2STREET]

I sat on that exact model couple of weeks ago. For a factory performance bagger, it was very well done. Amazing isnt it how quickly you ditched the titanium tip mufflers they sell standalone for $1250, lol!

Yes
It sounded like a sewing machine to me b4 the switch
Been used to Vance & Hines 2-1 with no cat on my streetglide.
You gotta let the cages know ur coming and believe me, those $1200 titanium mufflers suck
so now they sit in a box and my bike sounds like a Harley
 

[FLSTFI Dave]

Yes
It sounded like a sewing machine to me b4 the switch
Been used to Vance & Hines 2-1 with no cat on my streetglide.
You gotta let the cages know ur coming and believe me, those $1200 titanium mufflers suck
so now they sit in a box and my bike sounds like a Harley
 

Congratulations on the new CVO.  That's sad about those mufflers.  I wanted to hear them and if good get them, as they look nice.

[DRT2STREET]

Congratulations on the new CVO.  That's sad about those mufflers.  I wanted to hear them and if good get them, as they look nice.

Dave
Your telling me, disappointment for sure.
Modifying them to sound better looked like major drama which is why i said...good bye and got the Khromewerks, which evidently sound straight up awesome and look like they were made for that bike.